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Unity and Progress Party
Political party in Guinea

The Unity and Progress Party is a political party in Guinea. It functioned as the ruling party during much of the long rule (1984-2008) of President Lansana Conté. In terms of ideology, the PUP advocates the unity of Guineans and economic liberalism.

In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 61.57% of the popular vote and 85 out of 114 seats. Its candidate in the 21 December 2003 presidential election, Lansana Conté, won 95.25% of the vote; however, opposition groups generally boycotted this election.

Following Conté's death on December 22, 2008, members of the military seized power in a coup d'état, ending the rule of the PUP. The party has continued to exist since the coup, although in a severely weakened form. It nominated Aboubacar Somparé - a prominent figure in the Conté regime and the man who would have been the constitutional successor to Conté had the military not intervened - as its candidate for the June 2010 presidential election, but he received only about 1% of the vote.

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Electoral history

Presidential elections

ElectionParty candidateVotes%Votes%Result
First roundSecond round
1993Lansana Conté1,077,01751.7%--Elected Y
19981,455,00756.1%--Elected Y
200395.6%--Elected Y
2010Aboubacar Somparé0.95%--Lost N

National Assembly elections

ElectionVotes%Votes%Seats+/–PositionResult
ConstituencyProportional
1995990,18453.5%71 / 114 71 1stMajority government
20021,947,31861.5%85 / 114 14 1stSupermajority government
201313,5030.43%0 / 114 85 17thExtra-parliamentary

Notable members

Lansana ContéAboubacar SomparéCharles Fassou SagnoLamine SidiméElhadj Moussa Solano

References

  1. "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 2007-02-24. http://africanelections.tripod.com/gn.html